West Brom will have record signing Brown Ideye available for their next Premier League match against QPR despite the striker pulling out of Nigeria’s friendlies.
The forward had to withdraw from the side that faces Uganda and South Africa in the upcoming week after sustaining a knee injury.
But he will be available for the Baggies once they return to league action with a visit from Rangers, after missing the weekend’s defeat to Manchester City.
He said: “I am in rehab now so hopefully I will be better before the QPR game. I just have to work with the doctors and the physios and hopefully things will get better in time.
“Somebody kicked me from behind in the Stoke game and since then I’ve been getting pain. I spoke with the gaffer and said I didn’t think I could play so I just have to rest it and get good treatment.
“I thought I could be fit for Nigeria. I thought I could even be fit for the game at Manchester City but the pain was still there and I couldn’t run so I just had to stay back instead of risking it by going to internationals and coming back.”
